Pre-Conference Events
Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024

9:00am - 12:30pm

FACTS about Fertility training for practicing medical professionals

Learn more about resources for discussing fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) with patients, how to integrate this information into telemedicine visits, teaching medical students and more.

• The role of female cycle charting in restorative reproductive medicine (RRM)
• Resources for discussing Fertility Awareness Based Methods (FABMs) with your patients
• Opportunities to expand your knowledge of FABMs and RRM via CME and Elective opportunities
• Teaching the next generation through clinical observations, case studies and more!

10:45am - 5:30pm

Expert Witness Training

This training is open to all medical professionals and consists of two parts: training by communications experts on how to represent the prolife position in the media and legal training on how to survive a deposition.  Participants will be expected to complete roughly 2 hours' worth of homework beforehand, to allow the in-person part of the training to be a true participatory lab.

One of our 2023 attendees, a pediatrician and bioethicist, stated that in his 16 years of practice, this has been the best training that he has received – in anything. Our trainees have been featured in national TV and print media outlets, published op-eds at the state and local level, and testified as expert witnesses in state-level court cases, as well as in multiple state legislatures. 

A box lunch will be provided.  Must submit CV with registration.

The deadline to register for this event is February 8th, 2024.

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Pregnancy Center Medical Directorship: Mission POSSIBLE

The National Institute of Family & Life Advocates (NIFLA) will present this 3-hour overview of the requirements, responsibilities, and joys of helping your local pregnancy medical clinic as medical director. Topics to be covered include: Licensure and skills required, recommended training, insurance, and center dynamics with the rest of the pregnancy clinic team. The remainder of the training will be looking at the limited obstetrical ultrasound-assessing for intrauterine pregnancy, viability, and gestational age, as well as views of normal and abnormal scans. Time will be given to discuss pregnancy of unknown location (PUL) as well.

2:00pm - 5:00pm

Research Boot Camp

Want to enhance your understanding of the academic literature? Want to empower yourself with skills to be a peer reviewer? If so, join us for a 3-hour pre-conference research boot camp that will focus on:

• The nuts and bolts of analyzing a research article.
• The basics of common statistical tools and methods.
• The importance of pro-life voices in peer review, how to get started, and time to practice newly learned skills.